حَرَفَ الشَّىْءَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ
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, (AO, S, Msb, K,) aorist
حَرُفَ
, (Msb,) or
حَرِفَ
, (K,) verbal noun حَرْفٌ, (S, Msb,) He turned the thing from its proper way, or manner: (K:) or altered it therefrom: (Msb:) and
حرّفهُ, verbal noun تَحْرِيفٌ, has this latter meaning: (K, * TA:) or has an intensive signification of this kind. (Msb.) الكَلِمِ عَنْ
تَحْرِيفُ
مَوَاضِعِهِ signifies The altering words from their proper meanings: (S, * TA:) and agreeably with this explanation, the verb is used in the Qur'an, 4:48, &c.: (TA:) or تحريف signifies the perverting of language: (Msb:) or the altering a word in form; as in writing بُرْدٌ for بَرْدٌ; or vice versâ: (KT:) [and the mistranscribing a word in any manner: commonly used in this sense in the lexicons &c.: or the altering a word by substituting one letter, or more, for another, or others. See also صَحَّفَ.]
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See also 7.
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حَرَفَ لِعِيَالِهِ, (Msb, K,) aorist
حَرِفَ
, (As, S, K,) or
حَرُفَ
, (Msb,) He earned or gained [subsistence], or laboured to do so, for his family, or household, (As, S, Msb, K,) from this and that quarter; (As, S;) as also
احترف: (Mgh, * Msb, TA:) and بِيَدَيْهِ
احترف [he earned, or gained, with his hands]: and لِعِيَالِهِ
تحرّف
he applied himself to earn or gain [subsistence] for his family, or household, by means of any, or every, art or craft: (TA:) and
احرف
he laboured, or sought gain or sustenance, for his household, or family; explained by كَدَّ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ. (IAar, K.)
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